Good Liquor Gonna Carry Me Down

Album: Mississippi River Blues (1936)
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  • Lord, I know a little girl
    'Bout sixteen years old
    She says, "Bill, stop drinkin'
    I will satisfy your soul

    But I just keep on-a drinkin'
    Yeah, I keep on drinkin'
    Yeah, I just keep on drinkin'
    Till good liquor carry me down

    Now, my woman told me
    About fifteen years ago
    "Bill, you gonna drink one of these mornings
    And you'll never drink no more

    But I just keep on-a drinkin'
    Yeah, I keep on drinkin'
    Yeah, I just keep on drinkin'
    Till good liquor carry me down

    Yes, I went to the doctor
    With my head in my hands
    The doctor said, "Big Bill, I think
    I'll have to give you monkey glands"

    But I just keep on-a drinkin'
    Yeah, I keep on drinkin'
    Yeah, I just keep on drinkin'
    Till good liquor carry me down

    Lord, my woman told me to stop drinkin'
    And come on home
    Say, "If you don't big bill, some other man
    Gonna carry your business home"

    But I just keep on-a drinkin'
    Yeah, I keep on drinkin'
    Yeah, I just keep on drinkin'
    Till good liquor carry me down

    Writer/s: WILLIAM LEE CONLEY BROONZY
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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